Books

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Oyster War

Towle, Ben. Oyster War. Portland, OR: Oni Press Inc., 2015.Arrg. There be oysters and there be oystermen and oyster pirates. There be noble men and there be finks, literally: the head bad guy pirate is named Treacher Fink. And he is surely treacherous, especially with his evil selkie at his side. Towle’s graphics paint him squat and mean, in perfect contrast to our straight and lean hero Commander Bulloch. Bulloch is accompanied by a crew of misfits from all over the world, working for the love of oysters and oysters alone. Arrg!

Dead Boy

Gale, Laurel. Dead Boy. NY: Crown Books for Young Readers, 2015. Meet Crow. He’s dead. It’s kind of a bummer. His cuts don’t heal. His hair falls out, and he’s stuck inside all day being homeschooled so he won’t scare all the alive people with all his maggots and stinkiness and stuff. Poor Crow. He’s lonely. But then he meets his new neighbor Melody who believes in magic and isn’t afraid of the maggots and stinkiness and stuff, and even becomes his friend. Having a friend makes all the difference. Let the quest to be alive again begin! It’s a cross between Harry Potter and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with a dash of Pinocchio thrown in.Gale gives us a comic hero story with trials of choosing and doing the right thing, even and especially when it’s really hard and the right thing might be the right ethical and moral and decent thing, but not such a great thing for the choosing doing hero. Especially with the maggots and stinkiness and stuff and your mom has to keep sewing your hand back on. Being dead is kind of a bummer. Good thing Crow is up to it.